The Forrest City times., 1887-10-08
GENERAL NEWS.

The Ottawa express, for Montreal Canada. was wrecked Monday after noon by the expansion Of ;he rails. None of the passengers was injured
 The barn of James Jones, near Cowan, Ind, was burned Sunday night, with all its contents. Loss. S4,OOO; insured for S2,0oo, in the Continental. New York.
 At the general conference of the Evangelical church, held at Buffalo, N. r., Bishops J. J. Esher, of Chicago; Thomas Bowman, Of Allentown, Pa, and R. Dubs, of Cleveland, were re- elected.
 Every precaution has been taken by the authorities Of New York City to prevent the spread of cholera.
 Mir. Telford, son of Judge D. W. Telford, of Mason City, died at the asylum at Independence Iowa, Wednes- day morning.
 William Peraick, sailor on the schooner Selkirk, was fatally injured at Toledo Sunday night by falling through an open hatchway.
 John Scroggin (colored) was arrested Monday at Madison, Wis, for out rage. His victim was German woman named Mary olday.
 
 Leading members ofthe Sioux nation in Dakota have petioned the President to revoke the order of the commissioner of Indian affairs forbiddlng instruction In the Indian schools in any but the English language.
 While at San Francisco the members of the Pacific railway commission borrowed S4,000 of the Central Pacific railway company-then under investi- gation-to pay their hotel bills.
 The jury in the Kennedy murder case, at Dubuque' Iowa, returned verdict Monday night of murder in the first degre.
 The commemorative services at York, Pa, were ended Saturday night a parade, grand illumination, and mas querade ball.
 Four smugglers were killed in battle with United States officers on the Rio Grande.
 Over S10,000 worth of silk, laces, and fine dress goods were seized at the New York custom house Monday. II is thought they belong to dressmaker named Kennedy.
 The grand jury at Logansport. Ind, Is investigating the playing of base ball Sundays. Tho law has been evsded by the management giving free admis- sion, but charging for score cards.
 The jury at New York in the case of Dan Lyons, who was tried for killing Joseph Quinn, an athlete, last night re- turned verdict Of guilty of murder in the first degree.
 It is believed that the proposed scheme for the forming of one general classification of freight for all trunk lines between New York and the Pacific coast will be abandoned. Each road seems to want its own terms adopted.
 The Lincoln (Neb Fire Insurance Company has failed after one year. business. The loss to stockholders, il is said, will reach Sl00,010. A receiver will be appointed.
 G. Thompson, a Chicagoan, caught his foot in railway frog at Rochester, Ind. Monday night, and was run over by train and mortally injured.
 The National Telephone Exchange, at it's meeting Tuesday in Pittsburg resolved to hold it's next convention at New York. Strong arguments in favor of Chicago proved unavailing.
 Tine last spike. gold one, was driven Wednesday in the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham road, at Crews Mill, Ala. The line will be opened for business at once.
 The rough water in New York bay caused a steamer, with a thousand people on board. to collide with tug. also crowded with persons anxious tc witness the watch race. One man had a leg broken and six others were thrown into the sea, but were speedily rescued. A big hold was stove in the tug three feet above the water line.
 Thursday at Fayette, N. T., F. NJ. Severance, cashier of the burt Farmers Bank, was arrested for embedding S50,000 of its funds.
 An assignment was made Thursday by the J. B. Wathen & Bro. Company, distillers, at Louisville, Ky. The liabill- ties are S90,O00 and the assets are figured at Sl25,000.
 The general term of the supreme court at New York, Thursday, issued an order that the sentence imposed on Jacob sharp be carried out.
 Sir John Pope Hennessey is about to retire from public life to his newly purchased castle in Ireland.